CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION
NEW ZEALAND REPRESENTATIVE , RETURNS ENCOURAGING REPORTS FROM OVERSEAS [Per United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, October 28. News that great interest is being taken in the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition was brought by Mr R. H. Nimmo, of Wellington, on his return by the Monterey from Britain, the Continent, and America. (Representations made by him as the official representative, said Mr Nimmo, had been well received everywhere, and most encouraging report* had been given him concerning likely exhibits from the United Kingdom, the United States, particularly California, Canada, Honolulu, and Suva. Indications were that manv people from the Pacific area and elsewhere would arrange holiday visits for the centennial period. Mr Nimmo, who was in America during the war crisis,_ said the Americans were just beginning to realise the significance of Mr Chamberlain’s achievement. The whole weight of American opinion during the crisis was behind the British Empire.
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Evening Star, Issue 23100, 28 October 1938, Page 12
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148CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION Evening Star, Issue 23100, 28 October 1938, Page 12
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